01 — Scripture in the Church
The governing principle of the whole collection: the Bible is the Church’s own book, composed in her, canonized by her, and rightly read only within her; and Holy Scripture is the supreme written expression within Holy Tradition, not a self-authenticating text set over or against the Church.
Tradition: Pan-Orthodox
This section states the theological foundation on which everything else in the collection rests. Orthodoxy does not begin its account of Scripture with the individual reader and the private text, but with the community of faith from which the Scriptures came and within which they are heard. The two files develop the two faces of this one conviction.
Files
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| the-bible-as-the-churchs-book.md | Scripture as born from and read within the Church; the priority of the believing community over the written text; why the Bible is not a self-interpreting book (2 Peter 1:20). |
| scripture-within-holy-tradition.md | Scripture and Tradition from the standpoint of the Church: the Orthodox teaching against sola scriptura and against the “two sources” model, each reported fairly — Scripture as the highest expression within Tradition, not over or against it. Links Holy Tradition. |
See Also
- The Formation of the Canon — the Church’s discernment of her own books
- The Patristic Mind — reading with the mind of the Church
- Holy Tradition — the living context of Scripture